Antifrication bearing for centers, spindles, etc.



March 12 1935. E. E. SCHNSELLE ANTIFRICTION BEARING FOR CENTERS, SPINDLES, ETC

Filed May 51, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR M A l V r 1& 5. M m

Patented Mar. 12. 1935 I UNITED s'riuss PATENT; orricr. 1.993.869 I .m'rrrmo'rron BEARING non 'srmnms, ETC.

Ernest E. schnelle, Rochester, N. Y. Application May 31, 1930, Serial No. 457,080 3 Claims. (on. 82-33) This invention relates to rotating spindles supoverloaded by the thrust individually unless all ported by antifriction bearings and has for its of them are overloaded by the thrust at the same object to provide a construction for such spindles time. which makes possible the use of a plurality of As illustrated inthe several figures of the draw- 5 combined radial and thrust antifriction bearings ings the center is in each case supported by com- 5 contacting with one another to supplement the led rad a a t r antifriction bearings. radial and thrust load carrying capacities. preferably two in number, and these hearings re- This and other objects of the invention will be 'sist the thrust as well as the radial pressure apparent from the drawings, the specification and against the center. I

the appended claims forming a part thereof. In the type of center illustratedin Figure 1 the 10 In the accompanying drawings: center point or head 1 is formed on the outer end Figure 1 is a sectional view of a rotating center 01 the spindle 2. Surrounding this spindle are havinga spindlesupported by roller bearings in two combined radial, and thrust antifriction roller I the arrangement embodying my invention. bearings having the cones 3 and 4.and the cups Figure 2 is a sectional view of a rotating center 5 and 6 respectively. Both roller bearings have 15 having a spindle supported by ball bearings in the. the same load carrying capacity and have therearrangement embodying my invention. fore practically the same dimensions. A spac- Figure 3 is'a sectional view of a modified form ins member 7 surrounding the spindle 2 sepof rotating center supported by ball bearings on a arates the cones 3 and 4 of the two roller bearspindle in the arrangement embodying my invenings and a spacing member 8 separates the cups 20 tion. 3 ,5 and 8 of the same two roller bearings.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of another modified The spindle and its roller bearings are located form of rotating center supported by ball bearin the chamber 9 which forms an extension of the ings on a spindle in the arrangement embodying tapered shank 10. The front of the chamber 9 is my invention. closed by the cover plate 11 which is suitably 25 Figure 5 is a sectional view of a lathe head locked thereto by the set screws 12, 12 which are having a spindle supported by ball bearings in the threaded thru the wall of the chamber 9 and exarrangement embodying my invention. tend into recesses provided for this purpose in the Figure 6 is a detail sectional view of a modified periphery of the cover plate 11. The head with form of the forward end of the spindle of a its center point projects centrally thru an open- 30 lathe head in which the ball bearings embodying ing in the cover plate and is thus free to engage my invention are cushioned by a cushioning the stock which is to be supported by it.

member. To prevent an overload pressure applied to the I In the several figures of the drawings like refcenter from crushing the rollers, a yiel merence numerals indicate like parts. her 18,. in the form of a'concave washer, is placed 85 I The antifriction center forming the subject behind the innermost of the antifriction bearings matter of my present invention materially inwith a suitable clearance behind the end of the creases the thrust and radial load capacity of spindle and the concaved face of the yielding such centers without increasing the general dimember. This yielding member is mounted in 40 mensions of it. In all antifriction centers now the rear of the chamber 9 with its outer'po'rtion- 40. made and sold the antifriction bearings are arengaging the end of the cup 6 of the innermost ranged in such a manner that the thrust load, antifriction bearing. When pressure is applied when applied thereto, will not be equally 8118- a a the nt n ist a d y the 8110111- tained by all of the antifriction bearings without der 14 between the spindle 2 and head 1 to the subjecting at least one of them to an over load. cone 3 of the first of the antifrictiog bearings. 46 This invariably results in the crushing of one of The rollers and cup of this antifriction bearing the bearings before the maximum load has been thus resist the pressure from the center point: applied to the center. first. However, this same pressure is also transv In my present invention this has been overmitted to the cone 4 and the cup 5 of the second I 50' come by the exclusive use of combined radial ahd antifriction hearing by means of the spacing 50- thrust bearings and by arranging these bearings members 7 and 8 respectively and as this second and contacting them with one another in such'a antifriction bearing is a duplicate combination manner that when the thrust is applied against radial and thrust hearing from the first antifricthe center the bearings will cooperate and suption bearing placed in exactly the same position.-

plement each other so that noneof them can be it functions as a supplemental bearing therefor so .55

that the two bearings combined can withstand a pressure just twice as much as one bearing would be able to withstand alone.

Should an excess pressure be applied to the center which the two combined bearings cannot withstand, the spring member 13 will yield to such a pressure and thus prevent the bearing members from being crushed under the overload.

As previously pointed out rotating centers have heretofore been supported by two or more antifriction bearings and possibly by bearings which are arranged to have the radial and end thrust applied thereto in the same direction but in all such cases the separate antifriction bearings are either so arranged that they take up the thrust,

both radial and end thrust, in opposite directions,

and if they are arranged to take up the thrust in the same direction, one of the bearings is smaller than the other so that the smaller bearing will be crushed long before the larger bearing is subjected to its maximum load.

' The use of spacing sleeves between thecones, as well as the cups of the antifriction bearings, makes possible the use of antiiriction bearings having practically the same load capacity and practically the same diameter, and the arrangement of these bearings in tandem whereby the one bearing supplements the other in its load carrying capacity. Thus as illustrated in Figu e 1 of the drawings, part of the thrust against the cone of the first bearing is transmitted to the cone of the second bearing and part of the thrust of the cup of the first bearing is transmitted to the cone of the second bearing with the result that each bearing is subjected to the same load and is capable'ot withstanding the same load.

In the 'modincations'of the construction or the rotating centers, illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, the same principle is applied to ball bearings. Instead of using spacing sleeves between the bearings, the cones and cups are fitted to each other so as to transmit the pressure or thrust directly from one to the other.

In the type or center illustrated in Figure 2 the shank 20 is hollow and the spindle 21, carrying the center point, extends rearwardly thru the hollow spindleand has a roller bearing 22 provided thereon which is concentrically supported in the hollow shank by means of the cylindricalantifriction rollers 23, 23. The front 01- the spindle is supported in the chamber by the combined radial and end thrust ball bearings 25 and 26 which, as above pointed out, have their cones and cups placed end to end so as to supplement each other's load carrying capacity.

In the type of center illustrated in Figure 3 the center point has a hollow rearwardly projecting head 30. This head is supported on three of the combined radial and thrust ball bearings 31A, 31B and 310 which are mounted on the reduced forward portion 33 of the shank 34 and are arranged thereon, as pointed out above, with the cone and cup .of one bearing placed against the corresponding cone and cup of the second hear- The construction of the rotating center, illustrated in Figure 4, is similar to that illustrated in Figure 3, except that in the center illustrated in Figure 4, the shank 40 thereof is hollow so that a central rearward extension 41 of the center point, located centrally of the hollow head 42 thereof, can project into the hollow shank and have the reduced rear end 43 of the rearward extension mounted to rotate in a bushing 44 located in the hollow shank.

In Figure 5 I have illustrated the subject mat ter of my invention applied to a spindle of a lathe head. As illustrated in this figure the spindle 50 is supported at the right hand end by two combined radial and thrust bearings 51 and 52 and at the left hand end by two ball bearings 53 and 54. The latter may be plain radial bearings, as the left hand end of the spindle 50 has only radial pressure applied to it by suitable belting with which the cone pulley of the lathe head is driven.

In conclusion it is again pointed out that by the arrangement of combined radial and thrust bearings of practically the same dimensions; one behindv the other, theradial and thrust load capacity of a spindle may be increased at will without subjecting one of the bearings to an overload under which it will be crushed. Of course it'is understood that the contact between the plurality of such combined radial and thrust bearings must be very accurate both between the successive cones and successive cups in order to have each bearing work under identically the same condition and with the same pressure applied thereto.

The combination of a series of combined radial and thrust bearings in'the manner illustrated and described thus makes it possible to subject a spindle supported by these bearings to any desired load within the load capacity 01' all of the bearings and this load may be either a radial or thrust load because each bearing .is capable to supplement the other in the particular load carrying capacity that is required.

I claim:

1. In an antifriction support for a rotating member the combination of two angular contact antitriction bearings of substantially the same diameter each having substantially the same inner and the same outer race spaced by antifriction members having substantially the same load carrying capacity, said bearings being arranged.

on the rotating member and mounted thereon so as to have the end thrust of the rotating member simultaneously transmitted to the same race of each antifriction hearing so as to provide a substantially equal'compression of the antiifriction members of substantially equal load carrying capacity between the races of both bearings.

2. In an antifriction support for a rotating member the combination of two angular contact antifriction bearings of substantially the same diameter mounted on the rotating member and contacting each other each having their corresponding inner and outer races arranged so as to have the end thrust of the rotating member simultaneously transmitted to the same race of both of said bearings and have the antiiriction members of both bearings subjected to substantially equal compression.

3. In an antifriction support for a rotatin member the combination of two angular contact antifriction bearings of substantially the same diameter arranged to have their contact angle inclined in the same direction for the purpose of simultaneously transmitting the end thrust to both of said bearings said antiiriction bearings being mounted on said rotating member to have all of the races of the antifriction bearings resist an end thrust against the rotating member in the same manner.

- ERNEST E. SCHNELLE. 

